Talk:2022 League1 British Columbia season

Goalscorers

Does it make sense to link players who do not yet have their own Wikipedia articles? Because the football boxes as of right now are full of redlinks. Nelson Roy (talk) 19:29, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Generally red links should not be added for topics that do not warrant an article (such as most L1BC players). See also WP:REDLINK for general info and WP:REDBIO for why red links should not be added for biographical topics. BLAIXX 20:36, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Personally, I prefer them as redlinks, so that if and when players do become notable later, then the link becomes automatic. I noticed this a lot with L1O/CPL articles, where often I have to go back and then create links for those players afterwards because they were created without links. I find it a hassle and to me it's just easier and preferable to redlink them. (Plus sometimes by linking them, it let's me discover an article I didn't know existed, for example Caleb Clarke on Varsity having an article, when I notice a link is blue not red) I know some people don't like redlinks, I personally don't mind them (and actually prefer them). If the majority want to get rid of the redlinks, I won't oppose, but the above is just my own preference. RedPatch (talk) 20:32, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

As an aside, I did pose a similar question to WikiProject Football last year (mainly focused on squad lists) and there was no consensus, being split 50/50 + 1 indifferent. RedPatch (talk) 21:08, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Yeah these red links are not working. Several of them link to people who already exist such as Daniel Davidson (an American baseball player). We should either just leave them as text, or create specific page titles for them which can be redirected later if the player becomes more prominent. e.g. [[Firstname Lastname (footballer born year)|Firstname lastname]]. Nelson Roy (talk) 21:22, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

I fixed all the broken ones. If we do change it to just text though, I would say leave it as a full name in plain text rather than just a last name. Should the player get a page later it's much easier to fix if the link if its a full name. (ie. seeing Daniel Davidson, you'll know it's the player, it you just see Davidson a year or two from now, it's not so obvious). RedPatch (talk) 02:47, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Whitecaps FC or Whitecaps FC Academy

Both of these forms are used in the article with "Whitecaps FC" in the table and "Whitecaps Academy" in the fixture list. It should probably be consistent. Personally, I feel the "Whitecaps FC Academy" name would be more accurate. The Whitecaps themselves in their articles, for example here and here refer to the team as the "Vancouver Whitecaps FC BMO Academy U-19 boys" and the women's team here and here as the "Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite". The league itself just writes Whitecaps FC (I remember reading a year ago they didn't want Reserve names), but writing Academy in my view is more accurate and probably more WP:COMMONNAME. For comparison, the PLSQ had both the Ottawa Fury Academy and presently the CF Montreal reserves and in both cases on their websites they wrote just Ottawa Fury FC and CF Montreal, but on the wikipedia articles Ottawa Fury FC Academy and CF Montreal U23 are used, since those were the actual teams. Interestingly, L1O had no problem calling TFC's team as TFC Academy/Toronto FC III on their website. RedPatch (talk) 10:50, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Juan de Fuca Plate

So, the Juan de Fuca Plate (soccer) will be awarded to the club that finishes at the top of the combined standings (male + female added together). Here's the webpage and the current combined standings. @Nelson Roy: I know you were asking about this before. RedPatch (talk) 11:59, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. Nelson Roy (talk) 22:33, 13 July 2022 (UTC)